A guide and playlist to the week's best concerts, Nov. 12-18

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Want to see some live music? Below, you'll find our picks for the best concerts coming through Portland this week, along with a Spotify playlist of representative songs from each artist. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12 Mariachi El Bronx, Tijuana Panthers, Pounded by the Surf [HARDCORE MARIACHI] The Bronx is more than just an average, long-running punk band from L.A. In addition to releasing four ...
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I can't say I am intimately familiar with Trumans Water. The 19-year-old schizo-guitar-pop outfit, often billed as more Pavement than Pavement—wilder, less sensical, more angular—has spent most of its lifespan in relative obscurity, where it was safe from latte-sipping, Hummer-driving douchebags like me. But now that I've heard the Portland-based quartet's new album, O Zeta Zunis (it's ...
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